Mark Elliott @MarkElliott@qoto.org

#UseYourLibrary
I use my local library regularly. I borrow 6 books at a time. Libraries mean you can try authors, genres, new to you. My local library will help you with computers, genealogy, book groups and you can work there, study, join various groups or just sit quietly and read. The children's section has really good story tellers and there is a music library.
I cannot afford to buy books as often as I did when younger so libraries are a lifeline for folk like me.
#Libraries

In two weeks you helped us build here a community of over 42,000 people. Thank you for remembering with us.

#Auschwitz #memory #community #remembrance

Delighted that the bill to ban #TrophyHunting imports is one step closer to becoming law - huge congrats to all involved. Now we need serious funding for conservation ⁦⁦@CBTHunting⁩ ⁦@JaneGoodallInst⁩ ⁦@BornFreeFDN⁩

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1596470893378949120

Long overdue but still a very significant move: Iran soon to be expelled from the UN Women's Rights Commission @UN_CSW‬⁩ ⁦‪#WomenForce4Change #Iran‬⁩ ⁦‪#IranRevolution‬⁩ ⁦‪#HumanRights https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-future-un-womens-rights-body-be-decided-dec-14-2022-11-28/

European Commissioner Thierry Breton just joined Mastodon!

His first post, published right after a call with Elon Musk, made it clear that there is still huge work ahead for Twitter to comply with EU law:

1. Reinforce content moderation
2. Tackle disinformation
3. Implement transparent policies based on objective criteria (i.e., not via Twitter polls)
4. Limit targeted advertising
5. Prepare for an independent audit

More info: @EC_Commissioner_Breton

#DigitalServicesAct #DSA #Twitter

@krishgm I think it’s because you actually challenge the liars in government, whereas the BBC and ITV just facilitate and enable them?

Butterfly Nebula

"Though its gaseous wingspan covers over 3 light-years and its estimated surface temperature exceeds 200,000 degrees C, the aging central star of NGC 6302, the featured planetary nebula, has become exceptionally hot, shining brightly in visible and ultraviolet light but hidden from direct view by a dense torus of dust."

The universe is pretty amazing.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221121.html

#NASA #Astronomy #Hubble

Homeless Man, Spitalfields, 1969 by Don McCullin. “I held his gaze and looked into the bluest eyes I had ever seen then brought my Nikon up to my eye and took the photo. He looked like one of those Neptune figures”. McCullin thought this was the best portrait he had ever taken.
#photography

If you think this then
#FollowBackFriday #FBPE

In 2020 the UK Govt stole £Bns of public money & gave it to Tory supporters like Michelle Mone. Michelle bought a yacht with her £29m.
£37b went to Matt Hancock's pal Dido Harding for a failed Covid testing scheme - money's gone.
UK Tories are a crime syndicate
#BlackFriday

As was always going to be the case, Brexit turns to dust, false promises, and lies.
#BrexitReality
#BrexitIsntWorking
#BrexitBrokeBritain
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/26/brexit-britain-japan-trade-deal-exports-slump

So sick of the ‘anti foreign’ rhetoric. #Refugees. #International #Students. #NHS staff. Every vote they think they’re winning by this is a vote based on lies and won’t last. They can’t turn back time. The #UK is stronger for its #diversity and weaker for its prejudice. Division is cheap and dirty politics. Always has been, always will be.

I love it when someone finds out I’m an #atheist and cracks some lame joke about how you never have to ask, atheists & vegans will always tell you they’re atheist or #vegan.

But last I checked, atheists & vegans don’t go around knocking on doors, wearing atheist & vegan symbols on a necklace or erecting 200 ft highway-side reminders that we exist. We certainly don’t vote or lobby for policies that would force you to live by our rules. No, lovelies, that’s Christianity.